portraits
5 Ways to Help Your Clients Look (and Feel) Less Awkward In Portraits
As a photographer, one of your most valuable tools is to know how to get your client to forget you are there and capture the emotion/feeling in that moment and translate it onto paper. Here are some things I do when I interact with my clients so that they don't look or feel awkward in their photos.
A Comment Fueled Debate on The 50mm & 85mm Lenses For Portraits
Weekly Imogen takes an interesting, and public look at the debate between the 50mm and 85mm lenses, primarily regarding portraiture. The side by side comparisons may surprise you.
Bride Finds Solace Through ‘Trash The Dress’ Session After Tragic Loss
Janine's fiancé passed away unexpectedly two months before their wedding day. To help her heal and to bring closure, Janine did a moving underwater 'trash the dress' photo shoot.
Surrealist Portrait Collages Layered Without Photoshop
Berlin-based artist, Michel Lamoller, has created a way to layer time in the series, 'Tautochronos'.
How To Match Skin Tones In Photoshop
One of the more challenging aspects of editing in post has to be matching skin tones. Getting it done right, without oversaturation, retaining highlights and shadows where they need to be, is an art, and this is a good way to do it.
Why I Choose the Leica M9 Over the Nikon D4S – My Leica Experience
My experience as a wedding photographer with the Leica M9 and explain a little about why I ultimately chose to not send the rental back.
How to Do High Quality Portrait Retouching With Lightroom
Don't let anyone tell you that high quality retouching is the reserve of Photoshop. While Lightroom doesn't have all PS' pixel bending capabilities, it's still a great tool to create brilliant portraits.
The Incredible, Dark, Strange, & Surreal Photographs Inspired By Children’s Dreams | Arthur Tress
In his "Daymares" images, Tress spoke to children about their dreams and nightmares, and asked to suggest ways to make their dreams into visual realities. Then he recreated them into dark and surreal portraits.
How To Masterfully Fix Skin & Hair Issues With Photoshop
If you really want to take your portraits and people pictures to a new altitude, you need to have a great understanding fixing skin in Photoshop. I can think of few free resources as suited for the job of educating as this.
A Guide On How To Photograph Fire | Behind The Scenes With Von Wong
How to photograph fire! Von Wong takes us behind the scenes of his latest creative project; portraits of the fire theater group Starlight Alchemy.
Two Sisters Battle [and Survive!] Breast Cancer Together
This moving portrait session shows the bond and strength of two sisters who have battled cancer together and survived!
‘Right, Before I Die’ – Powerful Portraits of Terminally Ill Patients
Photographer Andrew George was inspired to photograph 20 terminally ill patients for the series, "Right Before I Die," and learn about the peace they had and the wisdom they wanted to impart.
